BLACK BUTTERFLY

3.2

"We Must Be Mad"

It must be madness

the way we let

thing devour us,

the way we let

the things we want out 

back in.

and the horror of it all 

is this:

we stay attracted

to everything that hurts.

We cling to it

and never really learn

to let go.

so perhaps,

we do want happiness,

but we also desire to keep

the pain close.

close enough to destroy us,

close enough to define us

and close enough

to make us feel

a little less cold.